1879. J DUKE-OF-YORK ISLAND. 449 



internis albis ; rostro et pedibus nigris. Long, tota 5 - 5, aim 

 2*8, caudcB 2 - 4, tarsi 08, rostri a rictu (lin. dir.) 1*05. 

 Hab. Nova Britannia {Brown). 



A single male example of this apparently distinct Mysomela was 

 obtained by Mr. Brown in New Britain in May 1878. The species 

 may be placed best, I think, in Mr. Forbes' s section A. /3. a {antea, 

 p. 268), following M. nigrita and M. pammelcena. 



7. Myzomela erythrina, Ramsay, Pr. L. S. N. S. W. ii. 

 p. 107 (?). 



A single specimen of a Mysomela, obtained in New Ireland in 

 September 1878, appears to agree best in dimensions with M. coccinea 

 of Ramsay, though in colouring perhaps rather coinciding with 

 M. erythrina, described in the same paper. Mr. Ramsay himself 

 confesses his doubts as to whether these supposed species are 

 really different ; but I will adopt the latter name, as the locality 

 coincides. 



Prof. Salvadori has been kind enough to compare this specimen 

 with his example of M. cruentata, Meyer 1 , of New Guinea, with 

 which Mr. Forbes {antea, p. 280) thought Mr. Ramsay's species 

 might prove identical. But Prof. Salvadori tells me the present 

 bird is "positively different" from M. cruentata, being a "larger 

 bird with a stouter bill, and of a very different red." 



9. Donacicola 2 spectabilis, sp. nov. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 2.) 



Brunneu ; pileo, nucha et capitis lateribus nigris ; tectricibus 

 caudce superioribus et rectricum mediarum marginibus pallide 

 castanets ; subtus alba; gula, ventre imoet crisso cum femoribus 

 nigris ; subalaribus ochraceo- albis ; rostro et pedibus nigris. 

 Long, tota 34, alee 1*8, caudce 1*2. 

 Hab. Nova Britannia {Brown). 



This Finch, of which there is a single skin in the present collection, 

 is perhaps not very far from Donacolaflaviprymna, Gould, B. Austr. 

 iii. pi. 96, but is immediately recognizable by its black head and neck . 



10. Munia forbesi, sp. nov. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 3.) 

 Testaceo-rufa, subtus paulo dilutior ; capite undique cum gula, 



hypochondriis et ventre imo cum femoribus et caudce tectricibus 

 product is nigris ; rostro et pedibus nigris. Long, tota 4, alee 

 2, caudce acuminates 1*5 ; rostro crassiusculo. 

 Hab. Nova Hibemia {Brown). 



A single example of this Finch, obtained in the Topaia district of 

 New Ireland in September 1878, is in the collection. It is a rather 

 thick-billed species, belonging to the group of M. malacca. I propose 

 to name it in compliment to Mr. W. A. Forbes, F.Z.S., who has 

 paid much attention to the Ploceidse, and will, I hope, some day 

 give us a monograph of them. 



1 Sitzungsb. Ak. Wien, lxx. p. 202. 



2 Emend, ex Donacola, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 80. 

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